High Desert Museum

The glaciers in Oregon are rapidly changing, like most in the rest of the world. Join Portland State glaciologist, Andrew Fountain, to learn about glacier changes in Oregon and the western U.S. and how they may relate to glaciers elsewhere, including Greenland and Antarctica. This Natural History Pub is taking place at the High Desert […]

Museum Members, please join us online! Executive Director Dana Whitelaw, Ph.D., will talk about what’s next for the Museum. Wildlife staff will also offer insight into animals in the Museum’s care. This is a virtual event and when registered, you will receive an email with login instructions by Wednesday, December 8 at 12:00 pm.

Central Oregon is home to a diverse array of forest insects. Many are highly beneficial to the habitats in which they live, while others have eruptive outbreaks that can significantly impact forest health. Join U.S. Forest Service entomologist Dr. Robbie Flowers to learn more about the tiny inhabitants with whom we share the High Desert.

Join us for a virtual panel discussion with Jordan Marie Brings Three White Horses Daniel, Lydia Jennings and Ardis Clark, three of the individuals featured in our exhibition Carrying Messages: Native Runners, Ancestral Homelands and Awakening. The panelists will share some of the meanings running holds in their lives and the ways that it connects […]

Central Oregon sits on the edge of the largest intact area of pristine dark skies in the Lower 48—a vanishing natural resource. Join Mary Coolidge of Portland Audubon and a board member of the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) Oregon Chapter and Dr. Bill Kowalik, board chair of the IDA Oregon Chapter, to learn about ecological […]

Mark Nelson, Ph.D., was one of an eight-person “Biospherian” crew that sealed itself into the self-contained Biosphere 2, an eco-laboratory featured in the exhibit Imagine a World. Today, he is chairman of the Institute of Ecotechnics, head of Wastewater Gardens International and has worked for several decades in scientific fields such as bioregenerative space life […]

Charros are the embodiment of a tradition that stretches back more than 500 years and helped unite the country in the years following the Mexican Revolution. Meet the real deal at the 1904 Miller Ranch! Antonio Huerta, a charro, will perform roping techniques and share the rich heritage of Mexican people with Museum visitors. See […]

Charros are the embodiment of a tradition that stretches back more than 500 years and helped unite the country in the years following the Mexican Revolution. Meet the real deal at the 1904 Miller Ranch! Antonio Huerta, a charro, will perform roping techniques and share the rich heritage of Mexican people with Museum visitors. See […]

Charros are the embodiment of a tradition that stretches back more than 500 years and helped unite the country in the years following the Mexican Revolution. Meet the real deal at the 1904 Miller Ranch! Antonio Huerta, a charro, will perform roping techniques and share the rich heritage of Mexican people with Museum visitors. See […]